Boston Bruins legend Milt Schmidt, known by many as "Mr. Bruin," died Wednesday at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Bruins team spokesman Matt Chmura said.

Schmidt, who was 98, is survived by his son, Conrad, and his daughter, Nancy.

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Schmidt, who was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961, was the only person in Bruins history to serve the club as a player, captain, coach and general manager.

Schmidt played for the Bruins from the 1930s into the 1950s. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force two months after the Pearl Harbor attack and then returned to the NHL.

He was the last surviving member of both the Bruins' 1939 and 1941 Stanley Cup teams and the NHL's oldest living former player.

He won more Stanley Cup championships than any other person, leading the team to two as a player in 1939 and 1941 and two more as the club's general manager in 1970 and 1972.

Schmidt was a four-time All-Star, and he won the Hart Trophy as the league's Most Valuable Player in 1951 and the Ross Trophy as the NHL's scoring champion in 1940.

Schmidt still ranks 12th on the Bruins all-time scoring list and was the center of the famed "Kraut Line," along with left wing Woody Dumart and right wing Bobby Bauer.

The Kraut line made NHL history in the 1939-1940 season when they finished first, second and third in the league's scoring race -- the only time that three players from one team comprised the top three NHL scorers.

After retiring as a player in December 1954, Schmidt immediately stepped into a coaching role for the Boston Bruins for the team's game against Chicago on Christmas Day.

He remained the head coach through the 1960-1961 season, when he became the club's assistant general manager for two seasons. He returned to coaching the team for four more seasons in the mid-1960s.

Schmidt became the team's fourth general manager at the start of the 1967-1968 season. He stayed on as general manager for five seasons and engineered the Phil Esposito-Ken Hodge acquisition that was key to the team's Stanley Cup championship wins in 1970 and 1972.

"I got to know Milt when I arrived in Boston, and I quickly learned that he was an outstanding ambassador for the game of hockey, a true gentleman, and that he epitomized what it means to be a Bruin," said Boston Bruins President Cam Neely.

"When people today talk about ‘Bruins Hockey’ they talk about the style that Milt created, and generations of Bruins after him tried to emulate. After his playing and coaching days were over, he remained incredibly giving of his time and the wealth of knowledge that he had accumulated over his career to everyone associated with the Bruins and the game of hockey. He will be dearly missed," Neely said.

"It would be a challenge to find anyone who took greaterpride in being a Boston Bruin than Milt Schmidt did -– be it as a player, anexecutive or an ambassador over the 80-plus years he served the franchise, theCity of Boston and the National Hockey League," said NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.

When Schmidt was back at the new Boston Garden for a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of his NHL debut, Bobby Orr called him the greatest Bruin ever.

Schmidt joined Bruins legend Bobby Orr in October 2016 for the ceremonial puck at the Bruins' first home game of the season.